Dead Rhetoric.com Week in Review June 16 – June 22, 2013

Saturday, 22nd June 2013 By Dead Rhetoric

Black Sabbath’s 13 landed at #1 on the Billboard charts this week, recalling when Pantera hit #1 with Far Beyond Driven and the various times Metallica topped the charts. It’s not very often one of our own gets all the way to the top, so perhaps we should revel in it for as long as we can. Soon enough, pop drek like Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, and friends will continue their reign…and we can retreat to our little world. Alas, here’s all the transpired this past week, so have at it… – David E. Gehlke

General housekeeping
We are hosting a giveaway for veteran death metallers Jungle Rot. Win this killer price package by clicking here.

The Dillinger Escape Plan’s new One of Us is the Killer is also up for grabs, so have at it.

Our good friends at Asher Media Relations were kind enough to put a batch of CDs up for grabs. You know the drill.

Features
The staff picked their respective top-5 albums for the first-half of 2013. As you’ll read, perennial favorites Omnium Gatherum have a big head start on the competition.

Bruce Soord of The Pineapple Thief teamed with Katatonia vocal maestro Jonas Renkse for the Wisdom of Crowds album. Hear what Soord had to say about working with Renkse, and if the two have future plans.